Okeene Eagle. (Okeene, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, September 23, 1910 Page: 3 of 8
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ONTENEGRO — whose reigning
prince, Nicholes I.^y way of cele-
brating the Jubilee of his accession
has proclaimed himself. king and
h!s principality a kingdom—Is one
of the storm centers of the near
east. Its Influence on Balkan pol-
itics Is not to be measured by Its
else, for this Land of the Black
Mountains, as the Venetians
named It long ago, is actually the
smallest monarchy in all Europe.
When, a few weeks ago, Nicholas
assumed the title of king, his wife
became Queen Milena. Nicholas also declared
that Montenegro shall be known henceforth as
Zeta, that being the ancient name of the country.
The territory subject to the rule of King Nich-
olas is Just one-fourteenth of the area of Rou-
mania, a tenth of Bulgaria, a seventh of Greece,
and a fifth of Servla. Yet Greece has long been
an Independent state, Roumanla a monarchy since
1881, Servla a kingdom since 1882, while Bulga-
ria exchanged the rank of a suserain principality
tor that of an Independent kingdom only two
years ago. Ever since that dramatically precipi-
tate action on the part of Bulgaria and the assim-
ilation by Austria of the neighboring provinces
of Bosnia and Herxegovlna the Montenegrin
prince and people have been ambitious to assert
their sovereign dignity.
And if there be any satisfaction in this eleva-
tion of their national status the Montenegrins are
assuredly as entitled to it as their neighbors of
Servla and Bulgaria, for Montenegro can boast a
record unrivaled by any other state in the whole
Balkan peninsula. Alone of all the Balkan
peoples these hardy mountaineers have never
known the harsh hand of a conqueror. Secure In
their wild mountain fastnesses, almost impreg-
nable in their inaccessibility, the Montenegrins
have retained their national life and political in-
dependence through centuries of strife and Sla-
vonic dismemberment. Dynasties have fallen and
kingdoms crumbled on either hand, but this one
tiny state has preserved its freedom from alien
control. Even when the Turkish hordes threat-
ened to overrun Europe and in their triumphant
OKLAHOMA HEWS
THE OUTCAST GYPSY
Births Three Times Deaths.
Guthrie, Okla.—The vital statis'lcs
reported to State Health Commission*
er J. C. Marr for the month of July
show nearly three limes as many
births as deaths during that month.
The total number of births was 2,067,
while the deaths numbered 756.
Typhoid fever was the most preva-
lent disease In Oklahoma durng July.
A total of 500 cases were reported. Ok-
lahoma county leading with 89. Ther®
were 68 deaths from the disease.
Pneumonia appears to be the most fa-
tal dlsense in Oklahoma. In July there
Now the Modem Ishmael Among
Civilized Nations.
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England and the United States Now
Turned Against Them—Efforts
to Indue® Them to Settle
Down Unavailing.
Washington.—Everywhere through-
nt the civilised world the hand o4
mankind seems to be raised against
the gypsies. The last two refuges to
which they betook themselvee—the
United States and England—have set
were thirty cases reported and all but tmom th«m. Hereafter
two of them died.
During July there were forty cases
of diphtheria with seven deaths, thirty-
eight of scarlet fever with three
deaths, sixty-nine of smallpox with
eight deaths and eighty-three cases of
tuberculosis with fifty-eight deaths.
A “Corn and Cotton” Special.
In England they are to be treated
like common vagrants, without visible
means of support, while in the United
State® the Immigration laws serve to
debar them as Idle and dangerous
nomads.
Trance decided some years ago
that the gypsy was a public menace
and. In the summary fashion of the
Guthrie. Okla. The successful tour republic when it makes up its mind
of the Hock Island “Better Wheat” % thlng expelled him as relentleas-
trntn. which came to an end at Okla- ^ M lt ha, expelled the monks,
homa City recently after passing Germany, which Is a grim manufao-
thiough and shopping at 68 towns, has taring establishment, after all. slm-
aroused so much enthusiasm in the pjy ordered Ha thousands of sentinels
state board of agriculture and among along its bayoneted border to turn
the Rock Island officials that the lat- beck every gypsy who ahowed hla
ter have offered and the state hoard rase at tho line.
accepted a free “Corn and Cotton" de- • Wrathful and perplexed, the Rom-
monstration train to start on a tour any moved on to Belgium; but hostile1
of the state In February. The Rock bayonets met them there. Desperate,.
Island will furnish this train free of for they hato water like so many
cost, as it did the “Wheat" train. Th* wildcats, they took to the canals of
object will he similar, to improve the placid Holland. But the phlegmatio’
grades and methods of cultivation of Dutchmen, every tradition of their'
cotton and corn. The Santa Fe-Frlsco plodding Industry outraged at slghtj
“Livestock" demonstration train he- of the gay wanderers, drove them outl
gins its tour October 9. Immediately again.
after the Oklahoma City slate fair. Meanwhile, the Balkans, where the
----- gypsy has ever roamed as free as any
Record Pelicans Shot. other bird of prey, have begun to fedl
Guthrie. Okla.-Two immense pell- the call of settled prosperlty-lf Bal-
| cans, the largest ever seen in this vl- J°UUc* T11.1 ? 'tZ
cinity. were shot on the wing at the ChfU1^ “ n .f
................. K„ .4 w ehanav „ Mn« and the importation of Amert-i
Cimarron river h.v H. W. Chaney, a
carpenter of Guthrie. The largest
i bird measured nine feet from tip to
i tip of its wings and the smaller one
ean reapers and binders. Sheep steal*j
•re and horse swindlers are Impres-
sing the flery-souled mountaineers'
lees than they used to, and the bars'
eight feet seven Inches. Mr Chaney are 8teadl,y ral8ed aKalfl>t|
says lie has shot pelicans on the Mis-
sissippi river and he never before saw
such large specimens
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the gypsy, on the ground that he la)
a common tramp, who contributes)
nothing to the country and deservem
. ~ nothing from It.
Garrison Get. Year in JTiaon. | Tran8ylTan,ft> tlmo out of mindf has
Enid, Okla —Ralph Garrison, the been the gypsy’s native heath. The
young man who removed spikes from bills and caves let him live the life of
mils of the Rock Island track on a the early troglodyte, and the industrl-
brtdge near I-ahoma, with the object ous among the population afforded
of becoming a hero by saving a train
from being wrecked, plead guilty to all
the charges against him and was sen-
tenced to a year in the state reform
school at Granite.
Muskogee to Get a Library.
Muskogee. Okla A letter from
Skibo Castle, North Soolland. says An-
drew Carnegie has offered the city of
Muskogee $45,000 with which to build
a library building. The city has com-
plied with all requirements except the
selection of a site.
him sustenance. But all Romany
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march swept away the medieval Servian empire
this warlike mountain race kept Its passes by
ce&seleBS watching night and day, and submis-
sion to Turkish authority waa of a nominal na-
ture. And when their ancient capital was threat-
ened they abandoned It as ruthlessly as those
other Slavs of the northland burned and aban-
doned Moscow In the face of the advancing foe,
and betaking themselves high up Into the moun-
tains founded a secure seat of government within
the rocky walls of Cettlnje.
A wonderful people these Montenegrins, with
a wonderful history. If ever a Servian empire
be re-established, If ever the Balkan states be-
come united In a powerful confederation that
would wholly change the political complexion of
the near east and its problems. It will be largely
due to the patriotism and pluck of this little pa-
triarchal state. To this day the men wear an
edging of black In their Bcarlet caps—this In
mourning for a lost Slav empire—and with all
the passion of a primitive people they hold to
that national Idea which would accomplish the
union of all the Serb states.
Early In the sixteenth century the ruler of the
Montenegrins, being a pious prince, who muoh
loved the church, handed executive authority to
the metropolitan blabop, who henceforth bore the
title of "vladlka," or prince bishop. Tor three
end a half centuries spiritual and temporal
power lay in one man's hands, tbe vledlka being
e little Balkan pope. In 1696 the Petrovic NJegoe
family entered Into possession of thin princely
power, and this dynasty rules In Montenegro aflll.
In 1861 Danllo I. renounced the title of vladlka
in favor of that of hospodar. at the name time
severing the temporal authority from the eplrlt-
ual oversight of the people. In 1863 Danllo II.
ordered the enrollment In arms of all Montene-
grin males capable of service. The tribal system
ntlll obtained, chieftains of clans being directly
responnlble to their prince. On August 18. 1860,
the present ruler acceded to power, and during
the flfy years of a notable reign Prince Nicholas
haa done much to civilise and modernise this
primitive mountain land while at the name time
he has been careful to keep national habtta In
all their simplicity and to foater a lofty natlhnal
lam of spirit and sentiment among his people.
Of all the states In Europe Montenegro Is per-
haps the least known to. the least Halted by, the
average traveled man. while to the untraveled
the very name Is a blank. The proclamation
of a new king tn Europe Is a reminder, however,
of the value which the Montenegrins set upon
thetr own Importance, an Importance which Is
by no meana to be underestimated when Balkan
questions arise to disturb the ourrenta of high
diplomacy. Packed within an area which la at
most a hundred miles long and eighty miles wide
Is a population of about a quarter of a million
people, the sturdiest, bravest and most warlike
people anywhere to be found. The Montenegrins
are a fighting race, among whom personal bra-
very Is accounted the highest virtue In man. By
a national decree tbe men all carry loaded pis-
tols at their belts, and these they are prone to
use on small provocation. They have no regard
for the value of human life, and family animosi-
ties are pursued through generations after the
fashion of the Corsican vendetta. Nicholas I. has
for years steadfastly discouraged these blood
feuds, which are a bane of Montenegrin life; but
racial instincts die hard, and these men of the
Black Mountains are not easily soothed Into civi-
lisation's ways.
In tbe early years of Nicholas' reign Montene-
gro suffered much by pestilence and famine as
well as by successive conflicts with Turkey,
which has ever been envious of the Montenegrins'
stubborn Independence. In the struggles of the
seventies Prince Nicholas and hla people were
successful to the extent of recovering valuable
seaboard territory, in the possession of which
the principality waa confirmed by the twenty-
eighth article of the Berlin treaty. In the same
famous agreement of the powers the independ-
ence of Montenegro, reelly existent for centuries,
was at last formally reoognlsed even by Turkey.
With so much conceded to thetr heroism end pa-
triotism the Montenegrlne were free to develop
their national resources, which are wholly agri-
cultural. Among the humanlitng Influences es-
sential to the progress of hie people Prince
Nicholas promptly recognised the value of edu-
cation. and almost before the Ink was dry on
treaty signatures an extensive scheme of elemen-
tary education was organlaed throughout the
principality. There are now some 200 primary
schools maintained by the state and attendance
Is compulsory on all children.
Whatever Nicholas I. haa done and may do,
however, by wav of fostering the arts of peace
and of advancing the material prosperity of hla
peuplq avails little when the Montenegrin genius
Is essentially military. in all eastern Europe
there Is no finer soldier than the hardy man of
the mountains. The Montenegrin ruler knows his
strength In this respect, and he has fashioned
at least a fifth of the population Into a well dis-
ciplined and well-equipped little army comprising
68 battalions of Infantry and 12 batteries of artil-
lery, but no cavalry.
Of even greater Accrunt than their martial
order la the Intense nationalism of the Montene-
grins, a sentiment which thetr ruler stimulates
by royal decree as well as by personal example,
lt Is, for Instance, incumbent on all to wear the
national costume; prosaic European clothing Is
tabooed. Picturesque as it Is, the costume em-
phasises the extravagant theatricality of the Mon-
tenegrin pose. But if garments enhance an Ideal
Prince Nicholas is shrewd indeed In Mis ordi-
nance. Much that inay seem extravagant and
absurdly archaic to western ideas has a hidden
purpose In the Balkins. Austrian, Russian and
German policy alike has aimed at such a seve-
rance of Serb associations as shall effectually
repress 8erb aspirations to a reunited empire.
On the other hand it has been the settled pol-
icy of Nicholas I. to keep the flame of Serb pa-
triotism alight. Hence It Is that the fervent na-
tionalism of this Montenegrin people tlnds ex-
pression in the very Jackets of the men and the
skirts of the women. In the minstrelsy of the
single-stringed Addles and the ever-present readi-
ness for war.
Montenegro has a constltutiton, first granted
In 1868. The skupstchlna or national assembly
Is elected by universal suffrage for a term of
four years. A ministry of six portfolios repre-
sents executive authority, but to all Intents and
purposes Nicholas I. is an absolute autocrat. The
father of hie people, he gives public audience to
all and sundry and administers justice beneath
a famous plane tree hard by the palace gates at
Cettlnje. Such is the patriarchal ruler of a pa
trlarchal state who in the pursuit of a national
ambition is exchanging the primitive simplicity
of ancient Cternagora as Montenegro once was
styled—for the trappings and majesty of a mini-
ature monarchy.
SOME QUEER ENGLI8H NAME8.
Sussex can produce queer names In plenty, for
example: Replenished Pryor, a damsel who dwelt
at Heathfleld. Mr. Stand fant-on high Stringer;
Mr Ales Creesel, and Master Perform thy vows
Seers. The county archives also yield unusual
family names, such os Pitchfork, Devil, Leper,
Juglerv. Ileatup. Breathing. Whiskey. Wlldgooae.
and Ides.
Dorset can hold her own tolerably well with
villages named Rymo. Jntrlnoeca and Toller For-
corum; rivers called Wriggle river and Devil s
brook; commons christened Giddy green and
God’s Blessing green, and heights called Hungry
down. Mount Ararat. Grammars hill, and Danc-
ing hill. A prospective tenant might well hesi-
tate before signing the 1ews« of Wooden Cabbage
farm. Labor in Vain farm, Poor Ixit farm and
Charity bottom, even though be should hall from
Kent, which owns two Htarvecrow farms within
a ride of each other.—IxmdonChronlcle
Didn’t Know Gun Waa Loaded.
Arnett, Okla.—While she was hand-
ling a 22-caliber Winchester rifle that
she didn't think was loaded, Mrs. Dave
Johnson was seriously injured by the
discharge of the weapon.
. One Killed, Two Hurt.
Watonga, Okla.—Mrs. C. A. Owen of
Omega was fatally injured, while the
husband and daughter received pain-
ful bruises, as the result ow Owens’
team running away.
American Typ#-of Gypsy Woman.
Pool Halls Under the Ban.
can't subsist on the loot of Transyl-
vania, and Hungary and Austria re-
ceived the flrat overflow.
Foss. Okia—The city council lias Maria Theresa a hundred and fifty
passed an ordinance prohibiting the years ago had a brilliant idea for
operation of pool and billiard halls in equelchtng the dangerous nomads.
Foss on tlie ground that they are a She provided doweries for all gypsy
nuisance. maidens who would marry her Aua-
_________—.—- trian subjects. It was the most pop 11-
Steel Railroad Tie Invented. lar move any empress ever made, es-
Chickasha, Okla. J. P. Ashby of peclally with the gypsy maidens,
this flty has received from Washing- They applied for the dowries in
ton patent papers for a steel railway beautiful, bridal droves; got them;!
tie. He has been working on this for and ran off with their gypsy hue-i
four years and claims to have per- bands and lovers day after day. until
fei ted the tie. The tie will cost about ; Marta Theresa concluded that gypsy
five times as much as the common
wood tie, but will last a generation
and require no attention, enabling the
roads to reduce the number of section
nien one out of every seven employed.
Enid Pawnbroker Sentenced.
Enid, Okla.—A. E. Gomea, an Okla
honia City pawnbroker, was convicted
through tostlmoiiv of boys and sen-
tenced at the last term of the fed-
eral court nere to serve five years in
the federal prison nt Leavenworth,
Kan.
Negroes’ Votes Barrtd.
Muskogee, Okla —By a vote or 1,0!»4
to 156, Muskogee adopted the commis-
sion form of government. The vote
was eceptlonally light The "grand-
father clause" was enforced generally
among tbe negroes, who were refused
the privilege of casting their ballots.
Newkirk Man to Be Millionaire.
Newkirk, Okla J. L. Ferguson, who »<•'entitle me® who have studied th®
for the lar* eight yegrs has been en ort^ns of tht gypsies tn a gennlnvly
gaged In th'* boot and shoe huslne®* aclentlflc manner H® doe® not con-
in Newkirk, has received word from drum them utterly, and la at pains to
Ireland that he Is one of the heneflcl not* that th® race has. at ttraea, pro-
arles of a $22,000,000 estate left bv 1 dured men of r«al distinction. H®
Ferguson's great-grandfather. Fergu quota® the famlM®a of the Hungarian
non g*U one-eighth of th® estate. Hnnyadt*. th® Russian Tolatoya, th®
| Scotch Me) HI lea. the Caaallla and th®
Firmir'i Daughter Takes Her Life.
Goltry, Okla — PR a Hulsey, daughter
of 11 farmer living near Hulsey, died
from drinking carbolic acid with sui-
cidal intent.
maidens were likely to prove unprofit-
able investments.
Emperor Joseph II. thought he had|
them fixed forever when b® gave them{
house® and lands, seed, grain and,
germing Implements The seeds w«r®l
promptly eaten; the bouses became)
hone • table*; th® Implements were I
■old. and th® owners moved on.
Thor# are believed to b® 300.000 of|
them in Austria and Hunrary still;
100.000 Ip Turkey; 160.000 In Russia;
800.000 I® Spain and Portugal; 60.000
In Italy; 10,000 In th® United States.
«iut several thousand In South Amer-
ica, to whose broad pampas and rich-
plantations their nomad fancy had)
been turning for nemo yearn past. In.
all. the whole race of gypafee. aa,
known to the white nations, number®
fewer than a million: and the whole
m*— of them la forever moving on.
The great traveler and ethnologist.
Sir Richard Burton, whoa® translation1
of the Arabian Nights has Immortal-1
tsed him. is ane of the few genuinely
Contis In France under Louts XIV.
and the famous gypsy chief, Thomas
Pulgar, who. In I486, gave Bishop fllgia-
mund the help ha needed to beat back
the Turkish Invader from Europe.
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